Today is proving a mess much like the last few weeks. So let's pivot to some good news: First, my upcoming story with Cosmic Horror Monthly, "This Vernal Ardor, Green and Good," now has a January release date. It's the first time a story of mine *not* published by me will be out since 2021. ->

Hey everyone! A very good friend of mine and a fellow game dev was laid off and is in dire financial straits. If you have the means to throw a couple dollars their way, it would be a huge help www.gofundme.com/f/q9d99-supp...

still need $325 minimum

Folks, can we help Zin out? She's the best.

A comic book artist and a sculptor decide to share custody of a shelter dog. Romance happens! (they do it) A Walk in the Park is available now in ebook and audiobook! rebekahweatherspoon.... 💗 two plus size MCs 💗 forced proximity 💗 a sweet doggy #booksky #romancelandia #blacksky

(The waitress is trans if that matters)

My opinions on what Trump is doing to this country, and Trump himself, are very clear. However, if the “3-5 months to live” guy is right, what they’re doing to him is elder abuse. Speedrunning what little time they have left with the cult leader.

Has there been a Lancet study on whether everything written by or for women will eventually be called YA?

West Africa’s resistance to the slave trade. lithub.com/how-indigeno...

This is today #seattle #trans #nerds!

Happy Saturday everyone! I'm Nora and I have a glass jewelry shop! Here's some of the jewelry I have in stock; in the replies I'm going to share some of the glass wreaths I've been making. nora.jewelry Shares appreciated! #bsnm

It's an actual game plan on the right. They use it for book bans as well. They start with something easy: no porn in libraries. That hooks in the low information folks. Then you slowly broaden the scope until you're yanking any YA that violates Christian nationalism.

As awful as this, the focus on whether the woman was complying obscures the more important issue: in a democracy, there should not be armed agents demanding to see papers of every passing person.

Feels annoying that I have to specify that from here on out, politicians need to have adult-level emotional regulation.

And they use homeless people as unpaid labor for their bell-ringing

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud

1) legendary energy 2) you don't want to be passive aggressively chased through winter conditions by a Minnesotan, I hope they have nightmares 😂

I hate to say that sex workers tried to warn y'all this wasn't going to stop at just porn sites, but...

This resonates like my whole being is a bell that just got struck

Let it go-- the hardness you've been harboring, a storm in your own heart, lightning and whirlwind turned inward, turned penance, turned flagellation-- this ruin is not yours, not your reckoning, and not your reason, so set it down, and set yourself free. #TinyPoem

I’m old enough to remember the strike that happened a whole year ago because companies like Netflix claimed they don’t have enough money to pay residuals to actors for their work. Netflix has $82 Billion to buy Warner Bros.

This year I've been reflecting upon and writing about my life as a neurodiverse author. Here's one of the most personal essays I've ever written about being on the spectrum. In addition, an updated version of my free booklet "Tips and Strategies for Neurodiverse Writers" is available.

It's the last month of 2025, & this year, I published two short stories, one novella, and one novel. ❤️ My short story "Mail-Order Magic" is one of the most personal pieces I've ever written, and it's free to read at @morningtransport.bsky.social : www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/mail-order...

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My precious Nasser has no Levothyroxine left. Living in a cold tent, my child shivers as his life faces immediate risk: extreme fatigue, halted growth,brain damage, even death. Every day without treatment is dangerous. Please, your urgent help or share could save his life❤️‍🩹 chuffed.org/project/155233

The Afro Deli is the Mpls skyway is closing after today because there was an ICE raid a few days ago and they don't have enough employees to continue. I will vote for any person who promises to put these dudes in jail forever.

Why is sex-as-punishment or sex-as-suffering elevated as art, but as soon as you see characters having sex for the pure pleasure of it, it's immediately dismissed? Why do we have so many graphic depictions of sexual assault and sexual trauma and so very few of sexual fulfillment? Rly makes u think

The only legal scholars I want to hear from in the years to come are the ones seriously thinking about how to fully disempower the Supreme Court. What would that take? THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. Offer practical suggestions that could become political campaigns led by the public.

Please share and Donate if you can Especially since my glasses broke today and OHP doesn't cover vision

Wait but people online keep telling me that this is a miracle technology that must be embraced immediately and criticizing it is ableist doomerism

My birthday is TOMORROW!!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

THEY LOST OVER 60% OF THEIR BUDGET!!! TRILLIONS THEY CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR. T R I L L I O N S

The tracker has been updated after yesterday's strike.

Also USPS didn't loss money because it doesn't make money because it's not a business and if never makes money to begin with. It did however deliver over 112.5 billion pieces of mail in 2024 and that doesn't even include packages.

This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.

Tell the authors in your life to check here to see if they are impacted. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/?_gl=...

I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.

I wrote this earlier this year and I still hope it can be of use! www.eater.com/24364171/ice...

After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT. Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.

If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...

In this craft intensive, we’ll examine how authors have achieved some of literature’s greatest characters, and then, in a series of practical exercises, we’ll discover and develop rounded characters that connect to our own deep experiences! Sign-up: tinhouse.com/product/wint...

Ok but I'm serious though. Make that therapy appointment. Talk to someone about those meds. Life doesn't have to be as much of a struggle as it maybe is, if you are not talking to someone and/or taking a med that may help. Getting help doesn't mean you're anything less, it's a tool. Use it.